My .303 Jungle Carbine Mystery

[Johnn Peterson]

- Perhaps, as I think Skennerton wrote, the metal tip was to protect the end-grain wood from moisture. It may also have aided upward pressure at the fore-end, though I do not know if that was an issue with the No. 5 or not.

I was just informed, apparently some No. 5's were equipped/fitted with a metal tip on the for end, some were not. Sounds like it may have been a later improvement.